League Play-Off

Петрович
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Efim Lyubitov got the match started through his kick off. Kurgan's Evgeniy Zholnerovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvestr Deikin in the 4th minute of play. Gleb Vinogradov hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Kurgan's Evgeniy Zholnerovich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Kurgan from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Kurgan booed when Питерские Псы was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Mamonov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Kurgan's goalkeeper Evgeniy Zholnerovich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Georgiy Flyarkovskiy. Ivan Kushalakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kirill Doroshenko in the 29th minute of the match. Silvestr Deikin in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Evgeniy Zholnerovich, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 31 minutes into the match, Georgiy Flyarkovskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evgeniy Zholnerovich. Kurgan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Georgiy Flyarkovskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Silvestr Deikin might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Evgeniy Zholnerovich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Silvestr Deikin ran back to his position shaking his head. If Georgiy Flyarkovskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 44 played minutes Питерские Псы got a freekick which was hit by Fedor Orlov. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Silvestr Deikin made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Georgiy Flyarkovskiy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Evgeniy Zholnerovich. Kurgan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Georgiy Flyarkovskiy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Silvestr Deikin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evgeniy Zholnerovich having to interfere. If Kirill Doroshenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Efim Lyubitov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Ivan Kushalakov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valeriy Belyakov kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Evgeniy Zholnerovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestr Deikin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Питерские Псы's Georgiy Flyarkovskiy got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 76th minute Silvestr Deikin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evgeniy Zholnerovich saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Vasiliy Kurbatkin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Kurgan getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Kirill Doroshenko hit a great ball. Georgiy Flyarkovskiy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Evgeniy Zholnerovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 96 minutes into the game, Silvestr Deikin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Evgeniy Zholnerovich was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Питерские Псы had played much better football throughout.